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A portrait of China's President Xi Jinping on display at an exhibition on the history of the Chinese Communist Party at Peking University, on 7 October 2022.
A portrait of China's President Xi Jinping on display at an exhibition on the history of the Chinese Communist Party at Peking University, on 7 October 2022.© Jade Gao/AFP

Africa, China
African diplomats first to trial Beijing's new course on Xi's diplomatic thought

Two universities in the Chinese capital have recently begun trialling a course focused on Xi Jinping's views on diplomacy. A first cohort of civil servants, from Africa, was welcomed in the second quarter of 2026. The scheme will be extended to other parts of the Global South, organised into homogeneous regional groups.
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The State Bank of Vietnam confirmed the massive leak, in September 2025, of data from the National Credit Information Center, one of its affiliated bodies.
The State Bank of Vietnam confirmed the massive leak, in September 2025, of data from the National Credit Information Center, one of its affiliated bodies.© Takatoshi Kurikawa/Alamy

Vietnam
Hanoi investing heavily in cyber security a year after massive hack

Vietnam is taking cyber risks to its institutions very seriously, a year after a massive data breach hit its National Credit Information Center. Local firms as well as a number of Western companies are reaping the benefits.
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